A lesbian Chinese American painter, she defied definition, which is why I was so fascinated by her.
Sam Nakahira is a Grinnell College alumni and recent graduate from the Center of Cartoon Studies. She makes comics about things that interest her: overlooked histories, dreams, Marxism, and more.
If my grandfather could remain optimistic into his eighties, then how could I let myself become jaded in my twenties?
“I’m much happier in other, imaginary worlds.”
Though she lives, some part of Korra—the flame throwing hothead, insistent on taking up space—does not survive.